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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state is Scramm from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Texas.

2. Who keeps moving after being shot multiple times in Chapter 10?
(a) McVries.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Baker.
(d) Olson.

3. Who are the guys in the leather jackets at the front of the walk?
(a) Josh and Alan.
(b) Joe and Mike.
(c) Lee and Tom.
(d) Noah and Jerry.

4. Who says, "None of us really has anything to lose. That makes it easier to give away"?
(a) McVries.
(b) Garraty.
(c) Stebbins.
(d) Scramm.

5. What is waiting for the Walkers on the entrance ramp of the turnpike in Chapter 11?
(a) The Major.
(b) Four-hundred-gun-salute.
(c) Television news crew.
(d) A marching band.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Veazie and Winterport, mentioned in Chapter 12?

2. Where did McVries and his girlfriend work?

3. Who wants a lead sleeve in their coffin so that the rats don't get to him?

4. Who says to Garraty, "you're the bee's knees"?

5. What is the big highway?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does McVries pull Garraty away from his girlfriend?

2. What does McVries do to try to keep Garraty from obsessing over the time?

3. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?

4. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?

5. How does Barkovitch die?

6. What would Garraty like to be doing on an 80-degree day if he weren't on the walk?

7. Why does Garraty want to see Barkovitch in Chapter 14?

8. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?

9. How does Barkovitch respond to Garraty's proposal in Chapter 12?

10. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?

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